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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-15
The Circus Wild West.

About two weeks ago a Dakota far
mer was approached by stranger, who
said:
'What will you take for that little
short-horned yearling out there in the
yardp'
"'Bout S15."
Ills he gentle3''
"Yes."
"Never kicks?n
mo"
mo danger of butting fellow over
with his headp"
Not q bt-my children play with
him whenever they take a notion
well, l guess I'll take HIM. I'm
agent for Hollerwell & Showpoor's
Anti European circus and we need an
other buffalo for our wild west de-
partment. BY the time we put a hump
on his shoulders and paint his horns
black you wouldn't know your calf. l
hope he'll stay gentle, though; the last
one we had hooked three of our cow
boys off their horses, disabled two Buf-
falo Bills, and drove Texas Jack, the
western terror, up the center-pole He
acted SO we had TO tie him up with the
elephants, give him coat of red paint
and call him the terrible name eating
jogglewock. captured in Central Africa
at great expense and loss of life. Do
you suppose the calf will drink milk
the sacred cow gives little more than
the zebra will take. -Esteietne Bell,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-15
Woman Unsexing Herself.

A dealer in cigarettes tells me that
he has been doing a considerable and a
growing trade with women. Not only
with women. moreover. but with the
very class of the sex my modiste's pro-
fessional modestY has been put to the
test by. He sells, he assures me. a
very noteworthy amount of cigarettes
to girls of the seminary age and Young
women. The consumption of cigar
cites by married women has already
become so settled fact that he scarce
ly notices it, except as a regular part
of his business. Only the other dav |
had note from an under teacher in
one of the most fashionable girls
schools in the city, complaining of the
extent to which cigarette smoking was
carried bv pupils. If an unier-teacher
can find these things OIL. ii seems to
me that the principals certainly should.
and the people who have girls under
the care of these establ shments should
certainly see to it that they do.
The sex seems possessed with mad
ness for unseXng Itself. A false chic
has put premium on vices women
once abhorred. The priv lcges that
were the trademark for the basest and
most prohigatc are now asserted by the
schoolgirl and the matron who holds
herself as soiled if her skirts but touch
the hem of Phryne's gown. l haven't
the slightest objection 10 the cigarette.
per sc, but l have to having the indul-
gences of the brothel, imported into
the boud III, and this is what this smob-
ing mania of my sister saunterers
amounts to, with the varnish of the fad
rubbed of. To1Un Topics.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-15
WARM TRIBUTE TO AMERICA.
Mr.. Gladstone, Declines an Invitation to the |
Philadelphia Centennial, and ExtOls the Ameri. |
can Constitution.

CdH COHStltutlOH
Mr.. Gladstone made reply, and assured
the committee Of the great honor he felt
in receiving an invitation to the celebra-
ton Of the centenary OF Americas cons1i-
tuition. His letter continues:
The attraction Of the invitation is
enhanced to me by the circumstance
that | have always regarded that
constitution as the nest remark
able known to the modern times to have
been produced by human intellect at a
single stroke, so to speak, in it's applca-
ton to political affairs. The invitation
is accompanied by every accessory that
even American hospitality could devise.
Had a real option in the case / could not
but accept, but the limitation OF my
strength and time, and the incessant pres
sure Of engagements make NJ too we'll
aware that have none. So ia las | can
see the whole small residue OF activity at
my command will be dedicated to the
great work at home. | regard the Irish
question as the most urgent and most full
OF promise OF beneficial results to my
country that | have ever been engaged in.
| ought perhaps to add that viewing the
jealousies prevalent in England it is doubt
full whether they might not be stimulated
were ] to accept the distinction you offer
me, which is no less signal than undeserv-
ed. The first OF these reasons, however,
compels me to decline the most flattering
proposals | have ever received. l shall
watch with profound interest the proceed
ings OF your celebration, when
you shall look back upon a century OF ma.
tional advancement that is without a par
alel in history and look forward to its
probable continuance upon still larger
scale. That you and your children may
be enabled by the help OF the Almighty,
to worthily meet the accumulation OF high
duties and responsibilities proportional
to ever growing power will be, | am conf
dent, the prayer OF your kinsmen here, who
hope nay, believe, that the moral rela-
tions between several portions OF our race
are wisely destined to acquire increasing
harmony and closeness.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-15
Another Phase of the Car Company Business.

A bill has been filed in the United States
district court at st. Paul by IL. A.
Porter and Il. X. Gable OF Illinois against
Senator ID. NJ. Sabin and Joseph c.
O'Gorman the former president and audi
tor and treasurer respectively OF the North
western Manufacturing and Car company.
Crookednes5 is alleged on the part oil both
Sabin and O'Gorman. AM it is claimed that
the 81, 800, 600 assets Of Seymour, Sabin
4 Co., supposed to be the basis OF the COM
mon stock had little or no real value.
When organized the car company had
about $4,000 600 assets with very
little liabilities, and it is claimed
that about 100000 worth OF Sey-
mour Sabin & Co.'S assets were never
transferred to the company. The papers
further state that at various times Sabin
and O'Gorman used the credit and money
OF the car company to help the firm OF
Seymour, Sabin Il Co., and that these
transactions were unrecorded and were
kept secret; that eleven days before the
failure there was on the car companys
book Il credit to Seymour, Sabin Il Co.
OF S14O 900, that the day after
there was u debt of S4S5,-
600, and ten days after the firm stood in
debted to the company in 81, 500, OO0;that
Sabin ordered O'Gorman to make false en-
tries OF profit amounting to $500, 1O1.9S,
when the real profit was only so, 600.
The paper concludes by praying that the
judges in equity will compel Sabin and
OGorman o account for the car company's
transactions, in order that the RESPONSE
bility may be fixed.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-15

by direction OF the acting secretary of the
interior, you will suspend the estoraton
OF said lands until further order. This
will apply both to the main line and Bay
field branch. Instructions by mail.
Mr.. Stocklager said that he had issued
this order at the direction OF the secretary
OF the interior, and did not know the reas on
for its issue Acting Secretary Muldrow
said:
You know that the indemnity belt along
the main line from Hudson to Superior
was excluded from the order affecting the
Omaha s lands, leaving only these lands
along the Bayfield, branch affected by the
order. lnasmuch as the matter Of seec-
ton for the main line is now before the
secretary and will be decided in few days,
| thought it best to allow the statu quo to
remain until the order covered the wnCle
line. Another reason for it was he intense
excitement prevailing along the Bayfield,
branch, where an entire misconception OF
our purposes seemed to exist. There have
been a great many different theories set on
foot about these lands, all OF which are
wrong. We thought best under all the cir
cumstances, therefore, to let these lands
remain as they are.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-15
Sleeping Cars on a Horse Railroad

The longest street tramway in the
world will be that which is to connect
a number of towns near Buenos Ayres,
South America, and VIII CHI will have
total length of 200 miles. The road
will also be exceptional in that sleeping
cars will be run upon ii for the comfort
of the passengers. Horses viii be en-
ployed us Il motive power Instead of
steam. because horses are cheap, fuel
is dear and the people are slow. The
price of two tons of coal will buy
horse with its harness. The sleeping
cars and all the other equipments of
the line are being supplied by Phila.
delphia company.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-15
Cut Flowers for Germany,

Germany pays annually about 400
900 marks for foreign cut flowers.
The single Paris firm of Lamouche,
who have Wholesale depot in the Ber-
lin market, hall 2, sold for upward OF
10000 marks during the four mouths
of November, December, january. and
February last.-Paris american Regis
ter,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-15
Sharp Shots of the Army.

The departments Of the Platte, OF Texas
Dakota and Missouri were represented by
teams OF twelve men each at Bellevue Unit
ed States rifle range ten miles south OF
Omaha, Neb. Three days were given to
preliminary practice and four to compe-
titions in known distance, range and Skin
mish practice. Gold medals were awarded
and presented by Gen. Crook, in the alb
sence OF Gen. Terry, to Corporal
Peterson, Sergeant Palmer, Sergeant
Mitchell Cor both known distance and
skirmish), Private Feeney, Lieut.. Mall
colin, Sergeant Unger, Sergeant Crow, Ser
geant Wood, Sergeant Randall, Corporal
Kelly, and Private Miller OF these for
tunate marEsnen the following were from
the department OF Dakota:
Sergeant Mitchell, Third Infantry, Fort
Missoula, Mont; Private Feeney, Fifth in
fantry, Fort keogh, Mon. Sergeant Pal
mer, Third infantry, Fort Custer Mont;
Sergeant Unger, Fifth infantry, Fort Tot
ten, Oak; Sergeant Woods Twentieth in
fantry, Fort Assinabone, Mont; Sergeant
Crow, Twentieth infantry, Fort Assina-
boine, Mont.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-15

At Yankton, Oak, the shops, storeh ouse
and all the machinery Of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad burned. Two
locomotives we're badly injured. The
roundhouse was all that was saved. The
loss is about $50, 900, as estimated by the
master mechanic.
Fire destroyed the Roaring Springs, Pa,
blank book factory building and wareroom,
with all the machinery, stocks, books, and
a large quantity OF paper; also, wagon
manufactory Loss about $50, 600; in
surance, $12, 600.
At Baltimore, John Thomas Ross (col-
ored) was hanged. On Dec. 10, 1856, he
murdered Emily Brown, an aged woman,
in order to sell the body to medical col
lege for S15.
Thomas G. Jones, colonel OF the Second
Alabama regiment mas forwarded to the
governor OF Connecticut the battle flag of
the Sixteenth Connecticut volunteers. 1t
was captured at Plymouth, n. c., in April,
1864, by 81 member oil the Montgomery
True Blues. In his letter the colonel says
the flag is returned because OF the indispo-
sition to retain u memento OF the triumph
OF brethren over brethren.
Mitchelltown, Ireland, where the case
Of the government against William o Brien
tried recently, was crowded all day with
civilians, police and soldiers. O'Brien did
not appear in court to answer the sum.
mons. The Judge granted a warrant for
O'Brien's arrest An open air indignation
meeting was subsequently held. Mr.. Henry
Labouchere and Others made speeches de-
nouncing the government. conflict oc-
Cured at the meeting. The police. at
tempting to protect the government ste
nographer q fight took place, and the
crowd repused the police, sixty in mum.
Der, several OF whom were struck with
sticks and stones and severely injured.
The police obtained achievements, re-
turned to the scene and fired several shots,
two men being instantly killed and several
Others wounded. The rioters were finally
dispersed, but threaten to renew the attack.
Mr.. Carlisle had made statements OF his
position in the Thoebe contest in which he
says: | took no testimony for the simple
reason that it was not necessary for me to
do so. The contestant in his notice charg-
ed fraud and irregularities in almost every
precinct in the district, but when he came
to his evidence he did not even at
tempt to prove anything except that there
were four illegitimate votes cast for me at
the one precinct OF Covington, and 1 don't
think the evidence sufficient to show
that these four votes were actually cast
for me; but. assuming that they were, it
makes no difference in the result, as my
majority was S15.
Bradstreet's says that the movement oil
staple dry goods, groceries, hardware,
boots and shoes, anthracite coal and pig
iron at the leading domestic markets re-
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-09-15
Omaha Land OrGer Suspended.

The following telegram was recently sent
by acting Commissioner Stockslager to the
register and receivers OF the land offices at
Eau Claire and Ashland, Wis.
As the right of the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis 81 Omaha Railroad company
to indemnity lands will soon be adjusted
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-07-09
For Winter Evenings.

The evenings are frightening with
the coming of cold weather, says q
writer in the Toledo Blade, and we beg
to remind the young people-and the
older ones too-that a good book, a Moo
fire, and a quiet room are most precious
things whom taken in combination.
Society is good in its way, but one gets
talked out, and needs to refresh the
mind. We recall the following con-
corning the habit of reading from a let
ter written by Lord Macaulay to his
niece. 1t is worth perusipg and obey.
ing;
81 am always glad to make my little
girl happy, and nothing pleases me so
much as 10 see that She likes books.
For when she is as old as l am she will
find that they are better than all the
tarts. and cakes, and toys, and plays in
the world. If any one would make mo
tho greatest King that ever lived, with
palaces and gardens, and fine dinners
and wines and coaches, and beautiful
clothes, and hundreds of servants, on
condition that l would no read books,
I would not be a King. l would rather
be a poor man in a garnet with plenty
of books than a King who did not love
reading"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-07-09
Some Startling Figures.

What startling results one finds in our
railway statistics! We have $40, OOO
miles of track-enough to grid the earth
a dozen times, with several thousand
miles left fer s%ide-tracks. More than
half of th!ese lines have been laid down
ut a cost of Sc, 600, OOO, OOO-enough to
pay the public debt four times over.
There are 10000 engines, $4,000 passen.
ger-coaches. and = million freight-cars,
and v 1000 patents have been taken
out for inventions in railway machin-
cry and appliances. Every year $780,
100000 tons of freight are carried. Fol
moving this freight the companies re.
oeiye an average of 1923 cents per ton
per mile, and for each passenger car.
ried they get PSI cents per mile. 1t re-
quires a half-million employees to run
all these roads. And yet it is only fifty,
six years ago the 2Sth Of August thai
Peter Cooper ran the first steam-cal
from Baltimore to Ellicott's Mills at the
unparalleled speed of a mile in every
four and q third minutes!-BaHimor,
american.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-07-09
How Phil Thompson Acquitted II is
Client. :.

A few years after the War Ed Coli ms,
u shiftless fellow of Mercer County, was
indicted for stealing cattle. The case
came up before Judge j. e. Wickaifie,
now United States Attorney here. then
Circuit Judge. The trial was in the
courthouse at Harrodsburg: Phil
Thompson, Jr., was prosecuting at
torney, and Phil Thompson, ST., and
Col. Thomas c. Bell, now assistant
United States Attorney here, appeared
for the defense. Collins had been a
soldier in the Federal army, while every
nan on the jury, the prosecuting at
torney, circuit clerk, and the Judge
himself had fought for the Confederacy.
The witnesses were brought forward
and a plain case of theft was made out
against Collins. The only dependence
of the defense was the testimony of
Collins daughter Rose, who was to
prove an abb. She was q beautiful
woman, and was made to tell her story
for all it was worth. Col. Bell made a
most touching plea, appealing to the
sympathies of the jury for q beautiful
woman in distress with all the power of
language he could summon. But the
veterans of Donelson and Shiloh we're
unmoved.
Then old Phil Thompson laid himself
out to mystify them and raise a doubt
of the prisoners guilt, and he, too,
finally began to appeal to their gal
tence. however, he found the jury
yawning, looking out of the window,
and wholly inattentive. Breaking off
his pathos the old lawyer leaned back
on a table a moment, eyed the jury
quizzically with a humorous twinkle in
his eye. and said:
"Look here. gentlemen, this stealing
was done during the War, and you
can't do anything with a man for that.
You, Tom Mundy," he continued, turn.
ing and pointing to the foreman of the
jury, q strapping big Kentuckian,
.don't you remember that sheep you
stole in Powel's Valley? You can't con-
vict Ed Collins" There was a general
waking up of the jury, and a smile went
round. "And you. Dan Bond. you
know that horse you stole from Lord
Alexander in the spring of '62? You
can't send a man to prison for stealing
cattle"
The smile broke into an open guffaw
in one or two places, and half a dozen
men on the back seats stood up.
As the old man took up tho jury one
by n and recalled his shortcomings
the laughter became general and con-
t%inuous. Finally he said: "And there's
my son Phil. Wasn't he one of Nor
gan's worst lorse-thieves? What can
he say against Ed Collinsa And you,
Ed Butts, you remember that raid on
that old Yankee sympathizer in East
Tennessee? And can you raise your
voice against himP And his Honor on
the bench, if tho truth were known"
but the rest of the sentence was drown
ed in a shout of laughter and uproar Of
applause that shook the building. The
jury was out three minutes. and brought
in a verdict for acquittal. Louisville
Times.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-07-09

seeks no political honors, but they are
bound to come to him. I believe that
Sheridan could beat any man We could
nominate. My hope is, though, that the
Republican politicians will fight among
themselves and throw aside all of their
party chances, and never think of Sher-
idan.''
then continued the conversation by
reverting to the tariff issue, and inquir-
ing as to the probable Democratic policy
in the coming congress. The senator
said:
cit is useless to try to predict what the
Democrats will 10 in that matter so long
as Sam Randall is in the party. He is a
great man, a very great man; and he is
opposed to the plainly outlined policy of
the party. He breaks all of II plans,
and will continue to do so as long as he
is in congress. 1 greatly fear that we
will be unable to do anything towards
reducing the surplus before the next
presidential election, and that will weak
en- us. Randall is our bette noir. He is
a born iconoclast."
"Who will be chairman OF the ways
aud means committee in place of Col.
Morrison"
"'That is mere guess work. 1 would
like to see Perry Belmont there, but he
has the committee OH foreign affairs.
The chairman of that committee will
have to be able to fight Randall and the
entire Republican party. I have no
doubt that Mr.. Carlisle will find that
man.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-07-09
The Ghouls Dlsgorge.
Cando Tribune.

oliver Mari, of Brandon, Manitoba,
who had filed OF a presumption near
Island Lake, died about the first of last
month. possessed of three valuable
horses, wagon, good wardrobe. and, it is
supposed, about $500 in cash. The day
of his death, and before he was buried,
the notorious Tillotson and another Ro-
lette county ghoul filed in the probate
court a petition for the appointment of
the latter as administrator, and under
this iinsy show Of authority took pos
session of the property of d%ecedent, and
applied it to their own use. Last Satur-
day II. i. MARI, a brother of the de-
ceased, arrived in Cando, and securing
the services of II. w. Dickinson. en-
ployed Deputy Sheriff Lane to put him
in possession of the property, as the legal
representative of the deceased, which
was dono last Tuesday, the property
brought to Cando and legally disposed
of. The hearing of the petition for the
appointment of an administrator was set
for hearing on the 9th of July, and but
for the arrival ofthe brotherin tho mean
time, the property would no doubt have
been divided among the hyenas who had
it in possession. A stranger with props
erty should choose some other place for
shuffiing off than within reach of the
thievish ghouls Of Rolette county.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-07-09
Device for q Dark Afternoon.
Evolyn 4 r.,&ar IN E1,cotor

0ne dark rainy afternoon, when the
spirit of unrest was uncomfortably ac-
tive in the school room. I hit upon a new
device, which, for q time, entirely ban
ished the unwelcome intruder. l had
upon my desk two new copies of a
Juvenile publication p; the leaves had,
until that afternoon, been uncut. de-
scribed its beauties to the children, and
said we would use it for a reader that
day. I also SAID, 1 should select a child,
who sat very still, to read first, and after
that, / should choose for. readers, those
who were the most attentive. AS l had
two copies of the magazine, I was able
to follow the reading and help the pu-
pills in different places. The change in
the moral atmosphere Of the school
room was amusing as we'll as pleasing,
for some of the children looked as if
they were at the photographers having
their pictures taken. I found this exer-
else also a great help in teaching the
pupils to read at sight.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-07-09

" SSNt ASSss
Mean barometer, sea level, 29.9OO; highest, sea level,
1925, on the 2Sth; lowest, sea Lowell, 29.62 On tho 9th;
monthly range of barometer, O.G3.
Mean temperature, CSC; highest, 9l.0, on the 9th
and l4th; lowest. $50, on the 9TH; monthly range, 500.
greatest daily range, $50, on the oath; least daily
range, 1870, ON the 9th; mean daily range, 22.6.
Mean Temperature, juno, 1884, ca 9; 1851, co.,; 1886,
e1.7; 1887, CSC.
Mean daily dew point, 53.7; mean daily relative hu-
midity, 67.0.
Prevailing direction of tho wind, NV; total move.
ment of tho wind, I,A57 miles; highest velocity and
direction, "a miles, NV.
Total precipitation, 6.57.
Number of days on which .Ol inch or more Of rain
or snow fell, II.
Precipitation, June, 1884, 2;3s; 1885, 3.45; 1886. 2.79;
1887, 5.57 inches.
Number Of foggy days, 0; number Of clear days, IL;
number Of fair days. Il; number OF cloudy days, s.
Dates Of auroras, 18th, ed and Odd.
Date of solar haloa, q.
Date Of lunar halos. o.
Date of killing frost, 4tl.
Dates of thnnderstorms, 10th. 18th, 10th, goth, 9th,
Goth and Both.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-07-09

Hon. C. G. Cole, late chief-justice of
Iowa. adds the weight of his distin-
guished authority to that of the numbers
Of jurists who have expressed concur
renee with MIR. Hamilton Wilcox's
opinion that the New York constitu-
ton does not exclude women from yot-
ing,
A correspondent from Paris says:
''The ushers were all ladies, and were
to be seen waiting upon tho ladies and
gentlemen all v the house during the
intervals between the acts." Usher
ladies' is a new term to be added to
''sales ladies'" "washer ladies' and the
others.
Joe Harris, of New London, Conn.,,
found a fat pocket-book, and as soon as
he could find the wner restored it to
him. The man was delighted. There
was 800 In it." he said" 'I'm awfully
glad you found il. Here, smoke this
The cigar was bad enough to almost
make an honest man turn thief. F